When…Longtime
supporter and professional photographer Dave Myers received the
Volunteer of the Year Award at the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation Walk Awards Celebration? Dave’s son Addison was
diagnosed at age 9 with insulin dependent diabetes. Presenting the
award was JDRF special events manager Ally Klein. Pictured: Dave
Myers and Ally Klein.

When…CHIPS Health
and Wellness Center played host at A Night at the Savoy at the
Sheraton Chalet at Westport? The benefit gala and auction was
designed with the theme of the famous 1920s Savoy Club. More than
300 guests were in attendance. The nonprofit provides health care
and social services for the uninsured and underserved, regardless
of their ability to pay. Pictured: Donald Beimdiek and Judy
Bentley.

When…More than
$46,000 was raised at Musical Mayhem, the annual fundraiser to
benefit the Center for Hearing & Speech? Guests enjoyed
cocktails, casino games and music by Just in Time at Harrah’s St.
Louis Hotel & Casino. Pictured: John Sondag, Rich Niemann,
Marquita and Joe Wiley.

When…Caring
Solutions held its 10th Anniversary Celebration at the Champions
Club at Busch Stadium? Both silent and live auctions were held with
Jim Holder as emcee. Nearly $30,000 was raised for Caring
Solutions, an organization that provides neighborhood-based support
services to children and adults who have developmental
disabilities. Pictured: Stuart and Kathy Zimmerman.

When…Build-A-Bear
Workshop donated 130 bears to Senior Connections for senior
residents at the Mary Ryder Home? Jill Saunders, director of bear
relations, presented the bears to more than 20 Senior Connections
volunteers. Senior Connections is the main program of The Singer
Institute, a local nonprofit serving lost and forgotten people in
the St. Louis community, offering a solution for combating social
isolation among seniors. Pictured: Lauren Hoffmann, Jill Saunders,
Dr. Suzsanne Singer and Toni Moran.

When…Residents of
the Green Park Senior Living Community donated money to buy stuffed
animals for the Cardinal Glennon Pediatric Emergency Care at St.
Anthony’s? Children were able to pick an animal as part of ‘Project
Plush for Valentine’s Day.’ Pictured: Rita Srum and Nevaeh
Mathews.

When…The Jewish
Family & Children’s Service received $60,000 in state tax
credits from the Neighborhood Assistance Program? Instrumental in
securing these credits was Mo. Sen. Jane Cunningham. Credits will
support the organization’s In-Home/Homemaker Program that provides
light housekeeping, personal care, transportation and meal
preparation to adults with special needs. Pictured: Barbara
Barnholtz, Louis Albert, Jane Cunningham, Lori Goldberg and Fred
Steinbach.

When…Pre-Optometry
Club students at University of Missouri-St. Louis collected
eyeglasses and cases through donations at UMSL? The donated
eyeglasses and cases will go toward victims of last year’s
earthquake in Haiti. The group has set a goal of collecting 250
this year, in addition to 233 already collected. Pictured: Tina
Ingoldsby, Yunho Kim, Xavier Robinson, Cortney Luehrmann and Lucy
Ellermann.

When…Julie
MacIntosh addressed guests at the Walker Speaker Series at Webster
University? MacIntosh is the author of the bestseller book
Dethroning The King, the story about the fall of the Anheuser-Busch
company and its takeover by In-Bev. Pictured: Julie MacIntosh.

When…Helen
Fitzgerald’s hosted the St. Baldrick’s event to raise money for
pediatric cancer research? Students and two dads shaved their heads
and raised money to donate to the Charlie’s Angels team, in memory
of Charlie Long, who passed away in 2006 from neuroblastoma. The
team raised a total of $16,500 between the Helen Fitzgerald’s event
and one held at House Springs Elementary School, where Charlie
attended and where his sister currently attends school. Pictured,
front row, from left: Johnathan Sharp, Chase Adams, Richard Meador.
Middle row: Alyssa Hendrix, Christopher Rice, Chris Burnau. Back
row: Bryan Martinez, Logan Soest, David Wright.